US 11,952,207 B2
Product tank and device for filling a container with a filling product
Tobias Ehrismann, Neutraubling (DE); Christina Laumer, Neutraubling (DE); Michael Grauham, Neutraubling (DE); and Volker Richter, Neutraubling (DE)
Assigned to KRONES AG, Neutraubling (DE)
Filed by KRONES AG, Neutraubling (DE)
Filed on Dec. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/539,547.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 132 070.1 (DE), filed on Dec. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0169441 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 88/54 (2006.01); B67C 3/22 (2006.01); B67D 7/74 (2010.01); B67D 7/78 (2010.01)
CPC B65D 88/54 (2013.01) [B67C 3/22 (2013.01); B67D 7/74 (2013.01); B67D 7/78 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A product tank for receiving a liquid product, comprising:
an outlet configured to discharge the liquid product from the product tank along a discharge direction; and
a flow guide device that is arranged in an interior of the product tank and is configured to create a cross-flow oriented towards the discharge direction, wherein the flow guide device comprises at least one guide plate that covers part of a cross-section of the product tank and is fixed to an inner wall of the product tank, and the product tank comprises a cylindrical interior defining an axial direction, and
wherein the at least one guide plate is arranged in a lower region of the product tank and is spaced from the outlet in the axial direction of the product tank, and the at least one guide plate covers about one-quarter of the cross-section of the product tank, or
wherein the at least one guide plate is arcuate and is mounted such that at least in portions, the at least one guide plate runs on the inner wall of the product tank and protrudes into the interior of the product tank perpendicularly to the axial direction.